Rail-joint.



J. GUSIGK.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 6, 1911.

1,01 6,674, Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

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IJVV'EJV'TOR. rfofuo Guam/I I BY I f f zen of theUnit-ed States ofAmerica, residing at Sharon, in the county of Mercer and I bracingandconnecting alining rails.

[that of the enlargement 5. The beveled por- Joints, of'which thefollowing is a; specifi-- adapted to-be placed between-two ties orendsof rails 3 that rest upon ties or sleepers.

'in ajdirection opposite that of the flange 8 of the other splice bar,and the outer edges UNITED STATES PATENT orraon;

JOHN CUSICK, or SHARORJPENNSYLVANI'A'I RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J HN CUsIcK, a citi- State of Pennsylvania,- haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ri11l-' cation,reference being had thereinf'to the: accompanying drawing.

Thisvinvention relates to rail j oints,-and the primary object of myinvention is to provide a novel chair and splicebars for connecting theconfronting "ends of rails without-resorting to the use of 'bolts andnuts. I 1

Another object of this invention is t'o-furnish a rail chair with splicebars .t-hat willf have a double wedging action for-positively A furtherobject of t-his invention is to provide a rail joint consisting ofc0mpara-' tively few parts that are inexpensive to inanufacture and easyto install by unskilled abor. I

l" attain the above objects by a mechanical. construction that will beliereinafter" specifi-- cally described and then claimed, and ref erencewill now be 'had to the drawing, wherein :Q Y Figure 1 is a' plan of therailjoint, Fig; 2' is a side elevation of the same, andFig. 3 is a crosssectional View. V A A rail joint in accordance with this-i11 ventioncomprises a chair or rail plateil sleepers 2 for supporting-theconfronting The chair 1 has the longitudinal edges'thereof provided withenlargements-lan'd 5 andthe confronting faces of these enlargements areprovided-With beveled portiorisifi and 7. The beveled portions 6 and 7of the enlarges ment 4 are tapered -in--a-.-direction opposite t-ions 6are further tapered, in a manner that Will' presently; appear, and thesebeveled and tapered portions of the. enlargements are adapted to engagethe flanges 8 and 9- of ing the webs and, heads thereof.

v he flange 9 of one splicebar is tapered the base flanges 11 of therails 3 and brac of these flanges areheveled, as at 1210 enSpecification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 6, 1911.Serial No. 647,884.

gage the beveled portions of the enlargements 4: and'ii. I

'The' flanges 8 and 9 have longitudinal Patentedheb. 6,1912.

't01lg11,S 13 adapted to engage the -beveled" 7 portions f theenlargements 1 and 5. .The 60 beveled portions, 12 of: the splice barsare tapered to correspond to the taper'of the beveled tapered portions 7of the enlargements 4 "fandb'uand'ithe longitudinal tongues 6 have adouble't al'i er, The t-aper'attherouter edges of the tongues conformsto the taper of the "beveled-portions 60f the enlargements 4 and 5, andthe up er surfaces of the tonguesare. inclined'downward from 'endto end,as desig nated at 14 in Fig; 2, whereby these, tongues will have adoublewe'dging action.

driven in opposite directions between the en-- largements 4and 5and"the' rails 3, and as said sphcebars are driven home, the taperedItis necessary thatflthefsplice bars be beveled portions 6 and .7 of theenlargements 4 and -5 force the splice bars 10 inwardly I against thewebs of the rails, While the addi-- tionaltaperi'ng-of thetongues13-forces'said splice bar's;v downwardly upon the base flanges 11' ofthe rails, thereby firmly hold ing the rails in the chair. I attachconsiderable,importanceto this double wedging action, as therailsare-firmly clamped in posi- 'tion,; and these two double. wedgingactions jcooperate in preventing the splice bars from becoming.accidentally displacedg However, to maintain said splice ;;bars 7 inposition, the oute ends ofs aid bars are provided. with'spike'notchesf15 for spikes 16 driven into the tiesor sleepers 2; It ispreferablev to alternately arrange the I spike notches, whereby there isless liability of-the spikeslfl splittm'g the ties. Furthermore, it ispreferable --5 9 .tofuseftwo spikes at the. rear end of each.

splice bar to guardagainst, any rearward movement of said splice bars."The joint can beeasily. tightened" should it"becon' e v loose and. can.be removed as easily and 10' quickly as iinstalled,- .withoutinterfering' with the'rails.

VVhatIclaim is:- .In. a rail joint, the'combination. with a pair of tiesand 'aqpair of rails mounted,- thereon, of a' chair positioned againstthe lower faces of the bases of said rails and ar ranged between said,ties,said"chair projecting from the longitudlnal, led esjof saidlongitudi-' bases; vertically dispos d an nally extending enlargementsintegral with the piujeubll'lg portions "of said chair and spaced fromthe longitudinal edges of said bases, the inner face of each of. saidenlargements provided with .an upper and a lower outwardly beveledtapered portion, the loiver beveled portions ofsaid enlargementsproviding pockets, the beveled portions of one enlargement disposed inan opposite di- .rection with respect to the beveled portions ofthe-other enlargement-s, splice bars positioned against said rails 'andprovided at. their lower portions with flanges, 531d the enlargementswhereby the enlargements of the other flange, sai

and flanges are connected together and the rails maintained in supportedposition, the beveled portion and tongue of one flange disposed in anopposite direction with respect to the beveled ing beyond the ends ofsaid enlargements and upon said ties, and means engaging the projectingends of the bars and said ties for maintaining the bars from shiftinglongi'tl'ldinally."

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN CUSIGK.

Witnesses:

CHRISTINA T. H000, MAX H. SROLOVITZ.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. 0.

(portion and tongue splice bars project-

